Fountain-paintbrush



F J. AND A. H.'M|LLER, FOUNTAIN PAINTBRUSH.

APPLICATION FILED APR.28, I920.

1,389,772. PatentedSept. 6,1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I- F. J. AND A. H. MILLER.

FOUNTAIN PAINTBRUSH. APPLICATION FIL ED APR. 28, I920.

1,389,772. PatentedSept. 6, 1921.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FBEDRICKU. MILLER AND ARTHUR H. MILLER, OF SILVER CITY, IOWA.

' FOUNTAIN-PAINTBRUSH.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat we, FREDRICK J. MILLER and ARTHUR H. MILLER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Silver City, in the county of Mills andState of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inFountain-Paintbrushes, of which the following is a specification,reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings. The inventionrelates to fountain paint brushes and container for supplying paint tothe brush and has for its object to provide a paint brush to which paintis conveyed through a flexible tube and to provide a spring actuatedlever on the brush for compressing the flexible tubing for cutting offthe supply of paint, said spring actuated lever being controlled by thethumb of the operator.

A further object is to provide a pliable container for the paint whichis adapted to be carried by the operator and which is provided withspring actuated plates for forcing the paint out of the container to thebrush.

lVith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings F'igure 1 is a view showing the device in position foruse.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through the paint container.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view through the paint container.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the fountain brush.

Fig. 5 is a sectional View through the brush taken on line 55 of Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates a pliable paintcontainer which container is provided with a'looped strap 2 adapted togo over the head and shoulders of the operator, there being a strap 3carried at the lower end of the paint container for additionallysecuring the container to the operator. Disposed on each side of thecontainer 1 are plates 4 which plates 4 are forced inwardly toward eachother so as to force the paint from the container by means ofSpecification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 28, 1920. Serial No. 377,248.

springs 5, which springs are pivotally connected as at 6 to the plates 4and are provided with coils 7 which arch the upper end of the paintcontainer 1 and force the arms 8 inwardly. The paint is forced from theflexible pipe 10 to the handle end 11 of a paint brush 12. The paintbrush is provided with a longitudinally disposed aperture 13, throughwhich aperture the branch 14 of a rubber pipe 15 passes. The rubber pipe15 terminates in branches 16, which branches are disposed in thebristles 17 of the brush and to which bristles the paint is conveyed sothat the same may be utilized for painting. By providin the branches 16and making the same of pFiable material it will be seen that they willconvey the paint to a point adjacent the ends of the bristles and at thesame time will be flexible enough so as to not interfere with thepainting operation. Pivotally secured as at 18 to one side of the brushhandle is a lever 19, which lever is provided with an L-shaped arm 20disposed in a transverse slot 21 of the handle 11. The. arm 22 of theL-shaped member normally compresses the pipe 14 so that paint will notbe fed to the bristles, this compression of the pipe 14 being caused bythe coiled spring 23, which is interposed between the thumb engagingportion 24 of the lever 19 and the recess 25 in the handle of the brush.During a painting operation, when it is desired to feed additional paintto the bristles, the operator depresses thumb engaging member 24 andallows paint to be forced into the bristles 17 by means of the pressureapplied to the sides of the container 1 by the plates 4.

From the above it will be seen that a fountain paint brush is providedwherein the action is positive and wherein the feeding of paint to thebrush will be uniform and under control of the operator at all times.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis 1. A fountain paint brush comprising a paint brush having flexibletubing through which paint is conveyed through a flexible hose, saidflexible hose being connected to a paint container, said paint containerbeing formed from a pliable material and provided with means whereby thecontainer may be secured to the body of an operator, means forcompressing the flexible container, said means comprising platesengaging each side of the container and springs arching the containerand having their arms pivotally connected to the plates at points spacedfrom each other and substantially centrally of the vplates, in relationto their upper and lower edges. a

2. A fountain palnt brush comprlslng a palnt brush having flexibletubing to Which paint is conveyed through a flexible hose, said flexiblehose being connected to a paint container, said paint contalner beingformed from a pliable material and provided with means whereby thecontainer may be suspended from the body of the-operator and means forcompressing said container, said means-comprising plates engaging eachside of the container and springs arching the container and having theirarms pivotally connected to the plates.

In testimony whereof We hereunto affix our signatures.

FREDRICK J. MILLER. ARTHUR H; MILLER. r

